anyone else dropping the pan might look into using these from felpro. they made putting the oil pan on so much easier. i'd never heard of them, but they were included with my gasket, so i gave them a try.

basically, you screw them where the oil pan screws would go at the corners, then snap the gasket over them, then the oil pan itself, crew in all the pan screws other than where the snap ups are, remove the smap ups and install those 4 screws as well. saves you holding the pan up while positioning the gasket and trying to screw int he pan screws at the same time. brilliant.